October 1, 1970
95 minutes
ComedyDramaWestern
The Traveling Executioner
Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas' sense of purpose is shaken.
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Cast
Stacy Keach
(Jonas Candide)
Bud Cort
(Jimmy Croft)
Marianna Hill
(Gundred Herzallerliebst)
Graham Jarvis
(Doc Prittle)
James Sloyan
(Piquant (as James J. Sloyan))
M. Emmet Walsh
(Warden Brodski)
John Bottoms
(Lawyer)
Ford Rainey
(Stanley Mae)
James Greene
(Gravey Combs)
Sam Reese
(Priest)
Stefan Gierasch
(Willy Herzallerliebst)
Logan Ramsey
(La Follette)
Charles Tyner
(Virgil)
William Mims
(Lynn)
Val Avery
(Jake)
Walter Barnes
(Sheriff)
Charlie Briggs
(Zak)
Paul Gauntt
(Jeremy)
Jason Wingreen
(Medlow (uncredited))
Pat Patterson
(Roscoe (uncredited))
Katherine MacGregor
(Alice Thorn (uncredited))
